Hilarious News Story

I just saw this news story on Yahoo!  It is hilarious!

Check it out:

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/peeps-show-contest-winner-revealed-2474406/#photoViewer=1

The Bird

Let me start off by saying that Rebekah Amort is my hero!

I was working in Bev's classroom today - well I had actually just started getting stuff ready to work in her classroom - when I heard a noise behind me.  I thought that maybe someone had walked into the classroom.  I turned around, but didn't see anyone.   I knew that I had heard something so I got up and started to look around the room.  That's when I saw it......THE BIRD!  There was a small bird in Bev's classroom!  I HATE BIRDS!  They scare me!

I tried to encourage it to leave, but it just flew around the room and smacked into the window.  I freaked!  I ran screaming from the room looking for help!

I knew that Rebekah, John, Garrett and the Vicar should be in the Parish Hall or on their way there so I called Rebekah.  She was in the Parish Hall and came right down to help me.  I didn't have my keys (they were in the room with the bird) so she had to hop the fence.

She tried everything to get the bird to leave.  She poked at it with a large penguin and a broom, but it just wouldn't move.  Finally it flew one more time and smacked really hard into the window.  We couldn't find it after that....hopefully it flew out - we looked, but couldn't find it anywhere in the room.

I locked up Bev's room and did not return.  I called Bev and let her know that there may or may not be a bird in her classroom - we'll see tomorrow!

Accreditation is Over!

Our school has been working on the Accreditation process for the past couple of years.  We have really been working hard and were eagerly waiting for the team to visit so that they could move on.  Well, we had the team (three great people who understand and support Lutheran education) at our school Sunday through today.  They were awesome people who were really supportive and uplifting.  It has been a great few days!  I was really nervous about having them visit us - they do classroom observations which can be really nerve racking - but I found myself getting a little choked up when they left today!  They were so nice and I hated to see them go.  I do have to admit it will be nice getting back to a normal routine where people won't be walking into my room to see what I'm doing!

We'll find out how long our accreditation is for in September - let the waiting begin!

Happiness is.....

Happiness is.....

getting hugs and kisses from Seth
having friends and family who support me
knowing that I am forgiven
the wonderful smells of Spring
beautiful sunny days
watching students learn new things
sleeping in
Angels baseball.......even when they aren't doing too well - it's still baseball
watching the Lakers lose
watching the Lakers lose on the same night that the Clippers win
recognizing that I am a very blessed person!

I Bought a Pair of Shoes for a Needy Child Today

TOMS are great shoes.  They are pretty comfortable and I like the way they look (not everyone does, but I do).  I really like them because when I buy a pair then someone else gets a pair.  This is a fairly easy way to help someone else out.  I'm thinking of getting my nephew Seth a pair too.  I've checked the website and they have really adorable designs that I think he'll like.  I want to take him to the store and have him try on a pair.  The Nordstroms at the Main Place only had girly TOMS, so I didn't get to see what they look like in person.  I'll let him try them out and see if he likes them - I'm really surprised that he has such strong opinions about his shoes already - he's only 2 1/2!

My Released Cameras Have Been Added to Their Website

I got an e-mail today about my two cameras!  I am so excited!

Check it out:

http://disposablememoryproject.org/cameras/camera318.html

and

http://disposablememoryproject.org/cameras/camera319.html

They'll also keep me updated if someone lets them know that they have my cameras!

Top 6 Favorite Episodes of The Office

I absolutely love The Office!  I wasn't too sure about it at first, but I have watched Seasons 1 -6 2 or 3 times.

My top 6 (I wanted 5, but then I realized I liked 6) favorite episodes are:

6.  "Frame Toby"
This is the episode where Toby comes back and Michael and Dwight try to frame him as having drugs in his desk, but the people who sellhim the "drugs" actually sell him salad.  This one is also the episode where Pam gets frustrated because the microwave is such a mess, but no one will clean it.


5.  "Office Olympics"
This is the episode where Jim makes up Olympic games to play in the office.


4.  "Niagara"
This is the episode when Jim and Pam get married.  They go to Niagara Falls to get married and everyone messes up their wedding so they get married before the actual wedding.


3.  "Fun Run"
This is the episode where Michael organizes a 5K to raise money for rabies research.


2.  "The Injury"
This is the episode where Michael clamps his foot in his George Foreman grill.  When Dwight goes to pick him up he runs his car into a pole and gets a concussion.


1.  "Beach Games"
This is the episode where Michael makes all the people from the office go to the beach and play games.

Do you have a favorite T.V. show?  What are your favorite episodes?

Work

I love my job......really, I do.  I don't like it on days like today though.  We are having our Accreditation visit this week so that means a lot of prep work.  I was able to get a lot done during the day and we had a ton of volunteers working on different projects helping the school look great!  Unfortunately, I had a lot of stuff to do today - not all related to Accreditation - so I didn't leave school until 11:30.  I wasn't alone - Bev and Jan were there too!  The yearbook deadline is approaching fast so I used some time today getting things done - I felt great!  That was until I added a few pictures to page 4......those 4 or 5 pictures threw off the whole yearbook by a page.....I had to redo 12 pages.  I wasn't too happy about that, but now they're done and that's 12 pages I don't have to do!